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Transat vs Transmat - What's the difference?

transat | transmat |

As nouns the difference between transat and transmat

is that transat is a type of large deck chair with a footrest that slides under the seat when not needed while transmat is (british|science fiction) a teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.

transat

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a type of large deck chair with a footrest that slides under the seat when not needed

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    transmat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, science fiction) A teleporter; a fictional device that transfers/transmits matter from one location to another without the object traversing the intervening distance as itself.
  • * 1970 , Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass :
    • Three lines of workers began to vanish into the transmats , heading for their homes in the android compounds of five continents,
  • * 1975 , Terry Nation, Genesis of the Daleks'' (''Doctor Who , season 12, serial 4), opening dialogue:
    • TIME LORD: Ah. Welcome, Doctor.
    DOCTOR: What's going on? Don't you realize how dangerous it is to intercept a transmat beam?
    TIME LORD: Oh, come, Doctor, not with our techniques. We Time Lords transcended such simple mechanical devices when the universe was less than half its present size.
  • * 2005 , Russell T Davies, Bad Wolf'' (''Doctor Who series 1, episode 12):
    • LYNDA: Oh, that's the transmat . Scrambles your head — I was sick for days.